{"id":50622,"date":"2012-11-02T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T08:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=50622"},"modified":"2020-04-09T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:30:11","slug":"rightscale-overviewed-their-best-use-cases-and-commented-on-acquisition-of-planforcloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/rightscale-overviewed-their-best-use-cases-and-commented-on-acquisition-of-planforcloud\/","title":{"rendered":"RightScale CEO Talks Cloud Trends, Comments PlanForCloud Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/rightscale-overviewed-their-best-use-cases-and-commented-on-acquisition-of-planforcloud\/#RightScale_acquires_PlanForCloud\" >RightScale acquires PlanForCloud<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/rightscale-overviewed-their-best-use-cases-and-commented-on-acquisition-of-planforcloud\/#What_are_the_cloud_trends\" >What are the cloud trends?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/rightscale-overviewed-their-best-use-cases-and-commented-on-acquisition-of-planforcloud\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RightScale_acquires_PlanForCloud\"><\/span>RightScale acquires PlanForCloud<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A week ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelcrandell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Crandell<\/a>, a co-founder and CEO of RightScale, gave an interview to The AWS Report in which he summarized the tasks their solution can help to complete and overviewed the progress of the company. He also commented on their acquisition of PlanForCloud, and recollected how they came up with an idea to create the cloud management platform.<\/p>\n<p>Altoros <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/helping-rightscale-to-develop-the-leading-cloud-management-platform\/\">participates<\/a> in the development of the RightScale\u2019s solution, that is why we were curious to learn about the changes occurred during the years of the company&#8217;s maturity. Their innovative multi-cloud platform turned into one of the key players in cloud computing.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below and you will learn how this platform can help you to leverage the advantages of cloud computing and deal with three different types of tasks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>design applications appropriate for cloud environments<\/li>\n<li>automate the operation of these apps<\/li>\n<li>provide control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, you\u2019ll hear how to engage in RightScale and get information on how to acquire \u201ca kind of trusted expertise\u201d from the company before you finally decide to move your applications or load to the cloud environment.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-ZjtmTW2tA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_cloud_trends\"><\/span>What are the cloud trends?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Earlier, RightScale participated in the 10th International Cloud Expo held at the Javits Center in New York City. They analyzed the current state of cloud market and Michael Crandell, CEO and a Founder of RightScale, gave an interview to famous Jeremy Geelan, Cloud Expo Conference Chair, in which he outlined three main trends that are observed in the field of cloud computing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IaaS starts dominating the market of cloud solutions.<\/li>\n<li>The number of cloud providers increases giving better choice of partners to implement cloud.<\/li>\n<li>More companies choose cloud infrastructure and other types of cloud services as a strategic tool for improving their business\u2019 efficiency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch this video to learn why customers are in the advantageous position now, what you should pay special attention to when you want to move to cloud, and how it helps you to manage your daily tasks better.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6W_-XNue7g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-cloud-revolutionizes-business-and-makes-life-better\/\">The Cloud Revolutionizes Business and Makes Life Better<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/helping-rightscale-to-develop-the-leading-cloud-management-platform\/\">Helping RightScale to Develop the Leading Cloud Management Platform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>The post was written by <strong>Alena Vasilenko<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a>.<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RightScale acquires PlanForCloud<\/p>\n<p>A week ago, Michael Crandell, a co-founder and CEO of RightScale, gave an interview to The AWS Report in which he summarized the tasks their solution can help to complete and overviewed the progress of the company. 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